Recent content by Remodeler Mike

I’m in the home stretch of a major re-build. I’m preparing to attach 3” liner track to the top of the pool walls and need tips on how to keep concrete out of the actual track during the deck/coping pour? Thinking of tape or filling the track with nylon cord that can be pulled out when the...

Good thought. At the front end of the tanning ledge (top of the first riser) I’ll create a lip for the hardi-backer so it’s flush!

I’m an outside the box thinker, what if the compacted sand floor was covered with backer-board before the wall foam?

Every other cavity in the construction blocks have fiberglass rebar and concrete.

Though the gravel ls tightly compacted, the sand will sift right through if not blocked.

The 20” coping around my inground liner pool had been heaving and crumbling for about five years and reached the point of failure last season. I did a bit of demo to investigate the problem and discovered pool walls made of wood, like a fence in a hole! Multiple contractors quoted be $100k give...